2015–16 Southern Combination Football League
# 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League

The 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League season was the 91st in the history of the competition (the first since it changed name from the Sussex County Football League), a football league in England. This is also the first season in which all divisions were renamed after league restructuring.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division One last season, along with four new clubs:

* A.F.C. Uckfield Town, promoted from the old Division Two
* Horsham, relegated from the Isthmian League
* Wick & Barnham United, promoted from the old Division Two
* Worthing United, promoted from the old Division Two

Six clubs have applied for promotion to Step 4: Eastbourne Town, Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Lancing, Loxwood and Newhaven.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Horsham | 38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 131 | 22 | +109 | 97 | Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South |
| 2 | Eastbourne Town | 38 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 107 | 42 | +65 | 86 | |
| 3 | Newhaven | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 120 | 39 | +81 | 78 | |
| 4 | Lancing | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 98 | 46 | +52 | 77 | |
| 5 | Chichester City | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 99 | 46 | +53 | 74 | |
| 6 | Pagham | 38 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 94 | 49 | +45 | 73 | |
| 7 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 105 | 62 | +43 | 71 | |
| 8 | Loxwood | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 95 | 60 | +35 | 71 | |
| 9 | Broadbridge Heath | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 75 | 57 | +18 | 63 | |
| 10 | Eastbourne United | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 81 | 72 | +9 | 63 | |
| 11 | Littlehampton Town | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 103 | 76 | +27 | 60 | |
| 12 | Arundel | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 88 | 68 | +20 | 56 | |
| 13 | Hassocks | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 47 | |
| 14 | Worthing United | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 68 | 83 | −15 | 42 | |
| 15 | AFC Uckfield Town | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 62 | 91 | −29 | 33 | |
| 16 | Wick & Barnham United | 38 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 55 | 105 | −50 | 32 | |
| 17 | Shoreham | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 53 | 94 | −41 | 29 | |
| 18 | Hailsham Town | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 47 | 149 | −102 | 18 | |
| 19 | East Preston | 38 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 35 | 144 | −109 | 12 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | St Francis Rangers | 38 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 214 | −204 | 6 | Relegated to Division One |

* ↑ Hassocks were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Hailsham Town reprieved from relegation.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | UCK | ARU | BBH | CCH | EPR | EBT | EBU | HAI | HSK | HOR | HYM | LAN | LIT | LOX | NEW | PAG | SHO | STF | WIC | WRU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Uckfield Town | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Arundel | 3–0 | | 3–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Chichester City | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| East Preston | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–8 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| Eastbourne Town | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 10–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 4–0 |
| Eastbourne United Association | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Hailsham Town | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 4–4 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 2–6 |
| Hassocks | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Horsham | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 11–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Horsham YMCA | 5–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Lancing | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Littlehampton Town | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–7 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| Loxwood | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Newhaven | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 10–0 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 10–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 10–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| Pagham | 5–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| Shoreham | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 8–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| St Francis Rangers | 1–4 | 0–8 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–9 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–11 | 0–15 | 0–3 | 0–10 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–11 | 0–5 | | 0–3 | 0–8 |
| Wick & Barnham United | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 2–8 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 0–4 |
| Worthing United | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | |

## Division One

Division One featured ten clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division Two last season, along with seven new clubs.

* Clubs relegated from the old Division One:
   * Crawley Down Gatwick
   * Ringmer
   * Selsey
* Clubs promoted from the old Division Three:
   * Langney Wanderers
   * Sidlesham
   * Southwick
* Plus:
   * Lingfield, demoted from the Southern Counties East League

Relegation from this division was not implemented for this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haywards Heath Town | 32 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 23 | +100 | 90 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 88 | 50 | +38 | 74 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Oakwood | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 89 | 64 | +25 | 60 | |
| 4 | Storrington | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 58 | |
| 5 | Southwick | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 56 | |
| 6 | Mile Oak | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 55 | |
| 7 | Little Common | 32 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 75 | 61 | +14 | 50 | |
| 8 | Lingfield | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 76 | 66 | +10 | 48 | |
| 9 | Langney Wanderers | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 47 | |
| 10 | Steyning Town | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 45 | |
| 11 | Sidlesham | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 43 | Demoted to Division Two |
| 12 | Ringmer | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 37 | |
| 13 | Selsey | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 53 | 88 | −35 | 31 | |
| 14 | Bexhill United | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 29 | |
| 15 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 28 | |
| 16 | Seaford Town | 32 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 19 | |
| 17 | Saltdean United | 32 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 109 | −79 | 13 | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BEX | CDG | HHE | LAW | LIN | LIT | MID | MIL | OAK | RIN | SDU | SEA | SEL | SID | SOU | STE | STO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bexhill United | | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 2–1 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Haywards Heath Town | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 12–0 | 5–0 | 8–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Langney Wanderers | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | H/W | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Lingfield | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–2 | | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 7–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Little Common | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Mile Oak | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Oakwood | 7–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 |
| Ringmer | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Saltdean United | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–10 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 |
| Seaford Town | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Selsey | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 5–3 | H/W | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Sidlesham | 7–1 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | H/W | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Southwick | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–3 | | 4–1 | 7–1 |
| Steyning Town | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 3–2 |
| Storrington | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |

## Division Two

Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division Three last season, along with eight new clubs.

* Clubs demoted from the old Division Two:
   * Rustington
   * Westfield
* Clubs joined from West Sussex League:
   * A.F.C. Roffey Club
   * Alfold
   * Cowfold
   * Upper Beeding
* Clubs joined from the Mid-Sussex League:
   * AFC Varndeanians, formerly known as Old Varndeanians
   * Montpelier Villa

In addition, Burgess Hill & Hurst Albion split and reverted to their original names of Hurstpierpoint (remaining in this league) and Burgess Hill Albion (joining the Mid Sussex League), while Ifield changed its name to Ifield Galaxy.

Promotion and relegation to and from this division was irregular, due to ground grading issues and other league constitution aspects.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AFC Varndeanians | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 91 | 26 | +65 | 70 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Roffey | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 101 | 37 | +64 | 64 | |
| 3 | Cowfold | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 81 | 34 | +47 | 63 | |
| 4 | Rottingdean Village | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 63 | |
| 5 | Billingshurst | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 62 | Promoted to Division One |
| 6 | Bosham | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 59 | |
| 7 | Upper Beeding | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 52 | |
| 8 | Montpelier Villa | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 47 | |
| 9 | Rustington | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 40 | |
| 10 | Westfield | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 38 | |
| 11 | Ferring | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 31 | |
| 12 | Clymping | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 57 | 96 | −39 | 25 | |
| 13 | Alfold | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 75 | −34 | 23 | |
| 14 | Ifield Galaxy | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 41 | 108 | −67 | 22 | Resigned from the league |
| 15 | A.F.C. Roffey Club | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 34 | 95 | −61 | 13 | |
| 16 | Hurstpierpoint | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 129 | −105 | 9 | Resigned from the league |
